Golden Knights at Penguins preview

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (35-13-4) at PENGUINS (29-22-3)
7 p.m. ET; TVA Sports, SN1, SNE, SNO, ATTSN-PT, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

Fleury, who won the Stanley Cup three times in 13 seasons with Pittsburgh, will face former protege Matt Murray. Fleury has enjoyed arguably the best regular season of his NHL career in Vegas after backing up Murray for most of last season. He is 15-4-2 with a 1.84 goals-against average and .939 save percentage.
The Golden Knights are 20-4-3 in their past 27 games, including a 2-1 win against the Penguins on Dec. 14, when Fleury made 24 saves.
Pittsburgh is 4-1-0 in its past five games and 9-3-0 in its past 12. It has held opponents to fewer than three goals in four of its past seven games.

Players to watch

Golden Knights forward William Karlsson has 16 points (10 goals, six assists) in his past 16 games.
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby's next goal will be his 400th in the NHL. He has 22 points (three goals, 19 assists) in his past 12 games.

They said it

"[Fleury] means so much to our team. … That's why guys want to bring their best. You can look him in the eye after a game and say, 'Hey man, I gave you my best.'" -- Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt
"[Fleury] was always laughing, smiling, having a good time. I think that just made everyone a little bit happier." -- Penguins forward Bryan Rust

Golden Knights projected lineup

Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Jonathan Marchessault
David Perron -- Erik Haula -- James Neal
Ryan Carpenter -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Alex Tuch
Oscar Lindberg -- Cody Eakin -- Brendan Leipsic
Brayden McNabb -- Nate Schmidt
Deryk Engelland -- Shea Theodore
Colin Miller -- Brad Hunt
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched:Jason Garrison
Injured:Tomas Nosek (upper body) Luca Sbisa (hand), William Carrier (undisclosed)

Penguins projected lineup

Dominik Simon -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Carl Hagelin -- Evgeni Malkin -- Tom Kuhnhackl
Jake Guentzel -- Riley Sheahan -- Phil Kessel
Zachary Aston-Reese
-- Carter Rowney -- Ryan Reaves
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Olli Maatta -- Justin Schultz
Ian Cole -- Jamie Oleksiak
Matt Murray
Tristan Jarry
Scratched:Chad Ruhwedel, Matt Hunwick
Injured:Conor Sheary (lower body), Patric Hornqvist (lower body)

Status report

Carrier returned to Las Vegas on Monday to be evaluated by team doctors. … Hornqvist will miss his second game and is week to week.

Stat pack

The Golden Knights are 22-1-0 when scoring first; they lost 6-3 to the New York Islanders on Oct. 30. … If the Penguins win an eighth straight home game, it would be their longest home winning streak since they won a team-record 13 straight from Nov. 15, 2013, to Jan. 15, 2014.